Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
LOCAL BICYCLING.
A oHAr wira A AvsfssAS ABOUT f"is
psusUS rTUL sPOsr
u.v,s,o samuel n. Dowasy. oi the iAscssss'
cycle Soaring CIsb. rs''s On "i"'s''ss"-
Ger" Rsporsss many 1assssssiss sac's
About nscyciiss In fNb Cisy.

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p'cychng 'n senefsi anu snas IN AAncsss'
In particular.
" The first wheel ever seen In Lancaster, y
said Mr.. Dovnev. - ps..ed through here In
s.n,.u,,n, ,s-s s.o,, the ws.A rwo nm,
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KING and down the Lancaster PIKE 70 rniis
delphia. They attracted almost ~ much atton
tion an a c,rcus and vore followed by crowds
=. mo r,,.o,...,y r,,,.u.,, ,h.,r vsv On ths
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w"geu s'oeos In's k.'o 'I.,'.. y,
the hrst practical view oI tho possiph"ic~ o'
bicycling, and It gave tho original impulse n
many Of the best riders In tho city to-day.
,rhs I, rat - vheei syer used bv n lApcastrisn
,n., -, ~ r,od uavroia. .no os ss,n
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uei u. heyhol"s' VINO IN ."0 M y. .o'
bought direct from the rope hsnuIsctuhne
the country. James l.. Stewart son OF the
i.,a James Stewart WAS the second blcyclist
I.~,s. ~ w,lsv. n. t,l.v Rrubaker. Gao -.
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waiter hosfuuau' a. u. ~ s",'
Others began to ride In the Iaii OF tnst same
year. ThAt autumn the first Lancaster bicy.
cling club ~ na estsbli isheti. having MON boY.
ship of onlv seven, They had no regular
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hi.o. ,n.,n,.,na,, . ron,,., ,r,s,esi In ina
snort
ain tho Sal, of 1879. Prot. Lippott gave Q
grand bicycle and tricycle. tournament st the
driving park. There wsre four cl.asea oi
whoels, Ihrce Q. U3y" ulcyS.os D, neIon' n
Thm h,n..,s :" ,,c.,s cam. ""T s,o,m ph,,sTs,nS,s
made hs,rv i.ao Very iatc IN the isli Of the
..m. ysar IN. pro,e..or pave another race
mee,. In which be had s,x ridsrs from Phila
telpbia Abcut this time he hsd bicvcle on
window for several dsyp, II was an original
Standard Columbia s6ort handle bara, cone,
besrinpH etc. and II attracted great deal OF
attention.
George Levy, working In the watch fac.
tory machine shop, took drawings Of this
machine, aud during tho winter of 1879 built
himself a rude affair at tho No 9 cotton mill
machine shop IL was about n so inch whee
with 1, At frlIoe~. rubber betting iiveted TO II
for . tire, gAs pipe back. bone, tspered, solid
forks, bolted to two bridges At the neck,
which were always IN = chronIc sets o,
.trS,sb, So,s Iunnins through n. iurnished
tho Steering. The whole was surmountsd
with . rather prosaic wooden saddle In use
Il developed one peculiar trait. 1t Was an
awful kicker, and George took many headers
from II This machine was completed In
1850, and WAS undoubtedly tho nrst home
made machine In the town."
onrrISo rooruoIp.
but was not this movement more or Iess
individual In character :" queried the re-
porter.
Yea" WAS the ropiy. "Cyclinp IN Ian.
c..,a, naver On, n ucoi ,sotbold uo,,l ,be
.nriry oi Issn when = great number OF new
.,..a..o., -h..t. ana ia.t sh.lv nm,
sonslity to the sport Among the most active
Of these recruits WAS Z. b Longenecker, nov
mSns"Mlc M uIA IL ~. -" S'" -, S"ss -.
.nS mia, .,..n.t The ,nech.ntc., .pns, rnction
OF the wheel, and was sble 10 repair any
slieht damage that might occur to II When
the hrSt Lancaster bicycle club bsd died .
natural death In the tall OF 1872 Longen.
ecker took hold oft helm and estaoliShed
the second local club In the fail ot 1850. he
was its first president, and DR.. Walter
BOardnan iis first captain. This institution
survived until 1854, and WAS known ~ the
Lancaster Bicycle club"
Mr. Longenecksr was the hero Of this escs.
made which was noted in the Examiner OF
AMI, 10 isso I, shovs what NOR favor tbe
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o''s'io ''ue' e"Jo'o' he'o 'o'e" ''s'" "s'
BECOMING NUISANCE.
We have already been called upon 10 men.
ton accidents which result from horses be-
Ssem !, hiSh time that this nnis,ncs "a.
sbsted, Asa Young gentleman employed st
the watch factory was riding ono Of these
affairs down Orange street sbont III o'clock
THIS morning, horse driven by Mr. >. w:
on, .,,,r un ve."o ,ea nn,.1 su'1u n,t ~ rna
~. ~ ~, t,";ainss hin cpnss,Ss,as,v The
ton ~ tho Snovv n :. also bnalv v,sci al
wy " ''o
BOOM foH THE srokr.
Was there anything outside OF individual
enterprise to boom the new sport here ?"
"a. tho nav, oues,ion Il rod NJ ths b,cvc,,no
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"ihere was lnte an Impulse gwen 10 "
incidentally by the Lancaster watch factory.
Many OF its employees were men from the
New England states, where cycling was
further advanced. A good portion OF them
were riders, and their presence hero lent i'm
petus 10 the local movement In the summer
closing OF the watch factory, the club fell into
innocuous desustuds, and . new club was
formed, made up chiefly OF older members.
II lasted until 1856, aud was Q cluD only In
name, bsving no times OF meeting. An In
fiusnce that gave q large shape to the local
BICYCLING movement WAS the establish ment
here OF the local agencies OF Martin Rudy and
Habsrbush Il Gorrecht, both OF which are
still In thriving existence"
How about the present club ?''
rup pprsrSr c,r.
urs. .... -.
A"ese. oSe'o Aoo'!ns c'uo "~
organized py ID. 8. smith ana myself In